More than pests, stink bugs damage Ohio crops

3:08 PM,
Sep. 21, 2013

The brown marmorated stink bug.

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Up until this year, the stink bug was described as just a nuisance in Ohio. Now, the stinky pest is starting to cause agricultural damage.

Gene Kritsky, an entomologist and professor of biology at the College of Mount St. Joseph, said this is the first year the stink bug has officially been documented as causing problems to corn and soybeans in Ohio.

"They are not just a nuisance anymore, they are starting to cause real problems," Kritsky said. "It was just a matter of time before we saw this. Our neighbors to our east have seeing agriculture losses and we starting to see that here." ...